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Kromdraai Conservancy

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Location
  
Gauteng, South Africa

Nearest city
  
Krugersdorp

Area
  
less than 200 m

Kromdraai Conservancy

Established
  
Incorporated in part into the Cradle of Humankind, 1998

Governing body
  
Cradle of Humankind, Private Landowners and Conservancy

Kromdraai Conservancy is a protected conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It is in the Muldersdrift area not far from Krugersdorp.

Its name is derived from Afrikaans meaning "Crooked Turn" after a kink in the meandering Crocodile River.

It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area. The caves in the area, known as the Sterkfontein caves have an extensive number of fossils and dolomite caverns.

A well known fossil site is also named Kromdraai and it, along with such sites as Sterkfontein, Coopers, Swartkrans and Plovers Lake form part of the conservancy.

Part of the Kromdraai conservancy also falls within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, proclaimed by UNESCO in 1998.

Places of interest

  • Wonder Cave
  • Sterkfontein
  • References

    Kromdraai Conservancy Wikipedia